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Dave Lowry
8th December 2000, 21:06
I am responsible for the budo demonstrations at the annual Japanese Festival held in St. Louis, Missouri every late summer. I would like to have some kendo demonstrations for this. To my knowledge, the closest kendo groups to St. Louis are in Chicago.
Are there any Chicago kendoka who could give me some contact information for their groups? I would appreciate it.

Joseph Svinth
9th December 2000, 06:12
Try http://www.kendo-usa.org/mwkf.htm . At Chicago Kendo Dojo, Mr. George Izui is a very pleasant man, well worth your phone call. (A prewar Seattle kendoka :)) No e-mail, but the club URL is http://www.geocities.com:0080/Tokyo/3080/ckdhx.html

The newsletter also might give you some suggestions -- http://hometown.aol.com/tokawara/sempo/sempo.htm

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Much closer is Robert Dillon's TSKSR study group at SE Missouri State. See http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kataylor/89tin98.htm . Last I knew, Dillon's e-mail address was rdillon@semovm.semo.edu

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In Kansas City, there is another study group at Overland Park. http://katori.jinmukan.com Instructors have included the Japanese vice-consul out of Kansas City. See, for example, http://www.libfind.unl.edu/DailyNeb.arch/zzzzz/10-96/25/news/japan.html

And, it's a bit far but the folks may like getting out:

Ft. Leavenworth Kendo Club
Lt. Col. Seijiro Kiyomichi
Japanese Liason Office
Sherman Hall Room 234
Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027
TEL: (785) 684-2459
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